THE SCIENTIST. 
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every day needs of all who write or speak 
the Engl sh language. It fully represents 
the vast and various advances in all 
departments uf thought and knowled-e 
of recent years. 
The Standard Directory Containing 
the names and addresses of the princi- 
pal Ornithologists, Oologists and 
Taxiderments of North America. 
Compiled by Will A. Crooks, Bui' 
letin Printing Co., Gilman, Ills. 
"A Literary SeiisJitioii." 
'•Since th ; depar'aire of Ameiie Rives- 
Chanlcr from this country almost imme- 
diately after her marriage, we have had 
only brief newspaper paragraphs con erning 
her life and literary inteutioas. It is noiv 
n;ar!y three years since anything of impor- 
tance has appeared from her pen. Since 
the daily papers announced that Mrs. Rives- 
Chanler was hard at work upon a new novel 
destined to arouse the entire literary world 
by its art'stic merit and bold originality, 
there have been many conjectures advanced 
as to the probable source through whxh the 
new novel would be given to the public. 
While many rumors were afloat, the Cos- 
mopollkin Magazine had quietly secured it 
and placed it in the hands of a famous artist 
in l^^ris for illustration. The first chapters 
will appear in the August number of the 
Cosmopolitan. In the estimation of critics 
who are most competent to judge, this last 
story will be the most finished, as well as in- 
teresting, product of this versatile Southern 
pen. The story is likely to be the literary 
sensation of the year. Its publication in the 
Cosmopolitan is a guarantee that it will 
contain nothing of the kind that excited 
criticisT: in Ameiie Rives' earlier produc- 
tions." 
What philanthropic impulses prompted 
the publishers of Cosmopolitan to place be- 
fore the public such a large, finely printed 
and illustrated magazine, full of the choicest 
literature, at so low a price, we can not tell, 
but certain it is Cosmopolitan costs but 
$2.40 per year. 
If you have never seen this magazine se- 
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Address Ed. Scientist, Kansas City, Mo. 
We have received an advance copy of 
"A list of Molluscar and other forms of 
marine life, collected in the year 1889 
and 1890, in Japan,"' by Frederick 
Stearns, of Detroit, Mich. The list em- 
braces 72 named species not found in 
Duncard; 32 species rem iiii un<letei-min- 
ed, many of which will probably be 
found to be new to science. The shells 
were sent to Prof. H. A. Pilsbury of 
Philadelphia for comparison and deter- 
mination, who regards the collection as a 
very valuable one. 
Worms. 
One of the most valuable works of Mr. 
Darwin was on Worms. I'robablv he was 
among the first that drew the world's at- 
tention to their immense service. In a cer- 
tain district in West Africa earth worms are 
astonishingly abundant, and the richness of 
the soil is largely attributed to their work. 
It has been estimated that within the radius 
of a single square mile, not less than 62,223 
tons of subsoil are brought to the surface by 
them annually, and that within a period of 
twenty-seven years they will bring to the 
surface all the soil for a depth of two feet. 
This is one of the progresses of nature's God 
for the recovery of the strength of the soil. 
His servants are found in all forms of His 
creation, and he adapts all the forms of life 
to labor, an-l assigns them to their work. — 
Ex. 
